Marshall - Ohio

Little Ceasars Bowl December 26, 1:00pm Detroit, MI

Marshall (6-6) ___________ CUSA _________ -30.18 ____ YPG = 352.3 (87%) PPG = 21.0 (74%) dYPG = 399.9 (107%) dPPG = 24.6 (92%) ____ Wk Opponent oPts Score 1 Southern Illinois -513.93 W, 31-28 2 Virginia Tech 292.07 L, 10-52 3 Bowling Green 66.61 W, 17-10 4 Memphis -278.07 W, 27-16 5 East Carolina 177.10 L, 17-21 6 Tulane -246.99 W, 31-10 7 West Virginia 240.94 L, 7-24 8 UAB -71.06 W, 27-7 9 UCF 122.39 L, 20-21 11 Southern Miss 18.75 L, 20-27 12 SMU 22.67 W, 34-31 13 UTEP -225.83 L, 21-52 0 X1234 XXX X,XX

Ohio (9-4) ______________ MAC __________ 116.67 ____ YPG = 317.3 (87%) +26% ← PPG = 25.2 (100%)___________ -6% ← dYPG = 363.7 (101%)_________ -6% ← dPPG = 22.3 (86%)_________ ____ Wk Opponent oPts Score 1 Connecticut 100.28 L, 16-23 2 North Texas -345.58 W, 31-30 3 Cal Poly -569.30 W, 28-10 4 Tennessee 115.05 L, 23-34 5 Bowling Green 66.61 W, 44-37 6 Akron -247.05 W, 19-7 7 Miami (OH) -332.47 W, 28-7 8 Kent St -138.94 L, 11-20 9 Ball St -385.62 W, 20-17 11 Buffalo -99.82 W, 27-24 12 Northern Illinois 0.53 W, 38-31 13 Temple 102.29 W, 35-17 14 Central Michigan 257.98 L, 10-20

Of coiurse Ohio has the edge in regular season performance, but as we've seen these last few games, that doesn't mean much when it comes to the bowls. Both of these teams are underwhelming on both offense and defense, and while the Thundering Herd might have played a tougher schedule in the CUSA, the Bobcats had more wins over good teams.

Tricky call this one - we need to get back on track.

The Line: Marshall +3

The Call: Ohio by 4

The Result: Marshall 21-17

As mentioned, the Bobcats weren't great on offense, but they were averaging over 300 yards per game - 123 yards aren't going to cut it no matter who you're playing. Props to the Herd for a good bowl win.